1381..... U.K ..... Wat Tyler declared 'John Ball hath rungen his bell ' and then led the peasants of Southern England in the FIRST popular rebellion in English history

1859 ..... U.K ..... the London Evening Standard newspaper was FIRST published having FIRST appeared as The Standard in 1827

1882 ..... U.K ..... adding machines were FIRST used by H M tax officials

1896 ..... DENMARK ..... King Christian 1X of Denmark became the FIRST ruling monarch to attend a public film performance when he went to the Kinoptikon in Copenhagen

1975 ..... U.K ..... the FIRST oil was pumped ashore from Britain’s North Sea oilfields

1987..... U.K ..... Margaret Thatcher became the FIRST Prime Minister for 150 years to be elected for a third time

1991 ..... JAPAN ..... Atsuko Toyama became the FIRST and only woman bureau chief in the Ministry of Education in Japan when appointed Director of the Educational Assistance and Administration Bureau. In 1962 she was the FIRST woman career official at administration level. On the same day Kyoko Nakayama was named the FIRST woman chief of the Local Finance Bureau in Shikoku, one of the 4 major islands in Japan

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